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Favorite blog posts, October 2024
ByBret Pimentel October 31, 2024October 31, 2024
- earspasm – read. (Michael Lowenstern, bass clarinet): Mailbag: Auditioning for a semi-pro orchestra?
- DoctorFlute (Angela McBrearty): Playing the First Notes of Your Solo
- oboealli (Alli Gessner): English horn support options
- Joan Martí-Frasquier (saxophone): What I Like About A Baritone Sax?
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Favorite blog posts, January 2024
ByBret Pimentel January 31, 2024January 31, 2024
- DoctorFlute (Angela McBrearty): Tight Embouchure No Problem
- Nicole Riner, flutist: How can we better counsel our music students and their families?
- Jenny Maclay (clarinet): Why is my mouthpiece green? (And other weird clarinet questions you’re too embarrassed to ask your teacher)
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Favorite blog posts, July 2023
ByBret Pimentel July 31, 2023July 31, 2023
- Kessler & Sons Music (David Kessler): A Selmer C* is a C* is a C* – or is it? [saxophone mouthpieces]
- DoctorFlute (Angela McBrearty): Experiment with Your Tone
- oboealli (Alli Gessner): Do you know how to use the half-hole on the oboe?
- The Vintage Clarinet Doctor – Blog (Jeremy Soule): Why Buy Vintage Clarinets?
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Favorite blog posts, February 2023
ByBret Pimentel February 28, 2023February 28, 2023
- Trent Jacobs, bassoonist: Ruminations on cane selection and density testing, Ruminations on cane density, part 2, Cane density post #3
- DoctorFlute (Angela McBrearty): Getting Spin on Your Third Octave Notes
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Favorite blog posts, December 2022
ByBret Pimentel December 31, 2022December 31, 2022
- International Clarinet Association: Clarinet Chronicles: Repertoire as Representation (Hailey Cornell, Eric Schultz); Reprints from Early Years of The Clarinet: Bass Clarinet (Edward S. Palanker, Josef Horák, Norman Heim, Harry Sparnaay, et al)
- DoctorFlute (Angela McBrearty): Evening Out Your Registers
- Khara Wolf: Getting back in shape on the oboe; Synthetic Oboe Reed Review
- Best. Saxophone. Website. Ever. (Doron Orenstein): How to Use Breath Support to Fatten Your Sound and Fix Intonation
- Cornelius Boots – Bamboo Shakuhachi Master & Composer – Zen, New Music and Bold Creativity.: Grandmaster Boots: Shakuhachi Renegade or Champion? Dai Shihan Certification
- Joffe Woodwinds (Ed Joffe): Tribute to Gene Cipriano
- Jenny Maclay (clarinet): Clarinetists’ New Year Refresh
- The Bis Key Chronicles (Jim Glass): Wood or Metal Clarinet Prediction – 1920
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Favorite blog posts, November 2022
ByBret Pimentel November 30, 2022November 30, 2022
- DoctorFlute (Angela McBrearty): How to NOT Go Flat at the End of Notes
- Jenny Maclay (clarinet): Repertoire Recommendations Based on Standard Repertoire
- oboeinsight (Patty Mitchell): Advice from an Old Musician
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Favorite blog posts, October 2022
ByBret Pimentel October 31, 2022October 31, 2022
- DoctorFlute (Angela McBrearty): Bending Pitch to Work on Intonation
- Khara Wolf (oboe/flute): Is an embouchure injury possible?
- Meerenai Shim (flute): 3rd octave contrabass flute fingering ideas
- Hodge Products, Inc.: Latest News (oboe/bassoon, Tim Hodge): Are Synthetic Reeds Better than Cane? [disclaimer: could be construed as a commercially-motivated post, but contains good information]
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Favorite blog posts, September 2022
ByBret Pimentel September 30, 2022September 30, 2022
- DoctorFlute (Angela McBrearty): How Not to Crack on Your Middle Register Notes
- Joffe Woodwinds: Orchestral Saxophone Recordings
- The Flute View (Chelsea Tanner): A Mindset Coach’s Perspective on Performance Anxiety
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Favorite blog posts, August 2022
ByBret Pimentel August 31, 2022August 31, 2022
- International Clarinet Association (Jason Alder): Etude and Method Books for Bass Clarinet
- Jennet Ingle | Oboist: Trust but Pay Attention
- DoctorFlute: Concentration and Stamina in Your Playing and Fixing the D to E Glitch
- Joffe Woodwinds: Clarinet Tone by David Weber
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Favorite blog posts, March 2022
ByBret Pimentel March 31, 2022March 31, 2022
- Joffe Woodwinds (John Yoakum): A Guide to Being a Studio Musician
- The Flute View (Terri Sánchez): On Practicing Slow
- Blue Moon Bassoon Blog – Blue Moon Bassoon LLC (Amanda Pierce): What’s Wrong With My Bassoon?
- DoctorFlute (Angela McBrearty): Playing with an Open Throat
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